Daily Almanac: Jan. 31, 2022

Sunrise/Sunset

RISE: 7:57 a.m.     

SET: 6:06 p.m.

High/Low Temperatures

High: 39 °F

Low: 19 °F

Wacky Holiday Today

• National Hot Chocolate Day

• Backwards Day

• Bubble Wrap Appreciation Day

What Happened On This Day

• 1961 Ham the Chimp travels into outer space

• 1865 The 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is passed

Births On This Day

• 1919 Jackie Robinson

American baseball player

• 1937 Philip Glass

American composer

Deaths On This Day

• 1954 Edwin Armstrong

American engineer, invented FM radio

• 1606 Guy Fawkes

English soldier, planned the Gunpowder Plot